A jail superintendent worth Rs.3 crores!
March 1st, 2012 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 1 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta anti-courruption ombudsman, found properties worth Rs.3 crore in raids on the premises of the Indore Central Jail superintendent, an official said Thursday.Lokayukta ... Read more...
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Homai Vayarawalla, grand old dame of Indian photo-journalism, passes away (Obituary)
January 15th, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (AINS) Till a year ago, Homai Vyarawalla, India's first and oldest photojournalist, was still as spirited as she was in the 1920s when she captured glimpses of ... Read more...
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Protesters shoot arrows at Ulan Bator’s Government House
June 3rd, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Ulan Bator (Mongolia), June 3 (IANS) About 50 protesters on horseback encircled the Government House here Friday and shot arrows at it to protest the lack of a referendum on ... Read more...
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Cambodia favours ceasefire with Thailand under ASEAN aegis
February 17th, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Phnom Penh, Feb 17 (IANS) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen Thursday said his country will ask Thailand to sign a permanent ceasefire with ASEAN foreign ministers as witnesses or the ASEAN chair ... Read more...
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Thai PM to dissolve parliament before June
February 17th, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Feb 17 (IANS) Thailand's deputy prime minister for security affairs Suthep Thuagsuban reiterated Thursday that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva had sent a clear signal that parliament should be dissolved before ... Read more...
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Bangladesh PM gets death threat from militants
January 6th, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chittagong (Bangladesh), Jan 6 (IANS) Islamist militants have threatened to kill Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina if their associates are not freed from prison within a month.In a letter to a ... Read more...
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A new house for Khaleda Zia
December 14th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Dec 14 (IANS) Former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia is to move into a seven-bedroom house in a swank diplomatic area here, her aides said a month after the government ... Read more...
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Sporadic violence marks opposition strike in Bangladesh (Lead)
November 30th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 30 (IANS) Sporadic violence marked the opposition-called strike in Bangladesh Tuesday and also caused the Supreme Court to postpone hearing of former prime minister Khaleda Zia's contempt plea against ... Read more...
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Zia firm over strike despite losing apex court appeal (Lead)
November 29th, 2010 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 29 (IANS) Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia, who lost an appeal before the Supreme Court Monday against her eviction from her Dhaka cantonment government house, persisted with her call ... Read more...
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Khaleda threatens agitation against Hasina government
November 18th, 2010 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 18 (IANS) Bangladesh's opposition leader Khaleda Zia has said she would resume agitation against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government to protect the interest of the country."Certainly after Eid, we ... Read more...
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Stray violence marks nationwide Bangladesh strike (Lead)
November 14th, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 14 (IANS) Stray incidents of violence marked the dawn-to-dusk nationwide strike called Sunday by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to protest the eviction of party chief and ... Read more...
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Strike in Bangladesh over Khaleda Zia’s eviction
November 14th, 2010 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 14 (IANS) A nationwide dawn-to-dusk strike was called by the opposition in Bangladesh Sunday over the eviction of former prime minister Khaleda Zia from the government house she has ... Read more...
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Khaleda Zia evicted from home (Lead)
November 13th, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 13 (IANS) Former Bangladesh prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia was Saturday morning evicted from the government house which was given to her after her husband's assassination in ... Read more...
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TVNZ upholds hundreds of complaints over Henry’s “India race slur” comments
October 18th, 2010 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Oct 18 (ANI): Television New Zealand has reportedly upheld hundreds of complaints over "offensive" comments by its former Breakfast host Paul Henry.According to Stuff.co.nz, TVNZ received at least 600 complaints after ... Read more...
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TVNZ apologises to Kiwi-Indian Gov Gen for Henry’s racial slurs against him
October 14th, 2010 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Oct 14 (ANI): Television New Zealand chairman Sir John Anderson and Chief Executive Rick Ellis have personally apologised to Governor General Sir Anand Satyanand for remarks by broadcaster Paul Henry, ... Read more...
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Offering Rudd Foreign Affairs portfolio ‘beset with risk’, experts warn Gillard
September 8th, 2010 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, Sept 8 (ANI): Amid speculations that the former Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, would be offered the Foreign Affairs portfolio, many experts have raised concerns saying he would be a ... Read more...
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Employee can’t illegally occupy government house on market rent
August 17th, 2010 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Aug 17 (IANS) A government employee cannot flout guidelines of allotment and keep occupying government accommodation illegally on the plea that he has paid the market rent, the Gujarat High Court ... Read more...
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Gillard announces Aug 21 polls, seeks mandate ‘to move Australia forward’
July 17th, 2010 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra (Australia), July 17 (ANI): Australians will go to the polls on August 21, and Prime MInister Julia Gillard has asked the people to give her a mandate to move the ... Read more...
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Thai government prays for peace
June 10th, 2010 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
Bangkok, June 10 (DPA) Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Thursday led his government in a ceremony along with Buddhist, Brahmin, Islamic, Christian and Sikh religious leaders to seek good fortune and ... Read more...
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15, including journalist, killed in Bangkok clashes
April 11th, 2010 - 4:23 am ICT by IANS
Bangkok, April 11 (IANS) Fifteen people, including a journalist, were killed and 678 injured in clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in Thailand's capital.
As many as 15 people died and ... Read more...
Thailand protesters reject call to end demonstrations
April 5th, 2010 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, April 5 (DPA) Anti-government protesters Monday rejected Thai authorities' demands to end their demonstration at a key shopping and tourism district in the heart of Bangkok.
The protesters, known as the ... Read more...
Thai demonstrators spill blood at premier’s home
March 17th, 2010 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, March 17 (DPA) Thousands of anti-government demonstrators Wednesday marched to the home of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to spill blood on his doorstep as a gory protest against his ... Read more...
Thai anti-government demonstrators spill blood in protest (Lead)
March 16th, 2010 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, March 16 (DPA) Thousands of Thai demonstrators spilled their blood in front of the government's administrative compound in Bangkok Tuesday in a symbolic protest against its "elitist" leader Prime Minister ... Read more...
Anti-government demonstrators give blood for Bangkok protest
March 16th, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, March 16 (DPA) Thousands of Thai demonstrators donated blood to pour on the government's administrative compound in Bangkok Tuesday in a gory attempt to force a dissolution of parliament.
The United ... Read more...
Meet the Oz schoolgirl who kissed Prince William
January 24th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 24 (ANI): The girl who kissed Prince William during his farewell speech in Australia is a 15-year-old student Victoria Downie.The second-in-line to the throne had obliged to the schoolgirl ... Read more...
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Evidence suggests chocolate was relished in St. Augustine during the 1500s
December 29th, 2009 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 29 (ANI): Archaeologists have found a whisk known as molinillo in a plastic container inside the storerooms at St. Augustine's Government House in the US, which suggests that chocolate may ... Read more...
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Thai PM’s staff member quits over sexy calendars
December 18th, 2009 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Dec 18 (DPA) A staff member of the Thai prime minister's secretariat has tendered her resignation after drawing the ire of women's rights groups for passing out sexy beer calendars ... Read more...
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CSIR asks sacked Indian American scientist to vacate house
November 7th, 2009 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) An Indian American scientist was Saturday asked to vacate his government house here in three days, nearly two weeks after being sacked from a senior post at ... Read more...
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Thousands protest 2006 Thai coup (Lead)
September 19th, 2009 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Sep 19 (DPA) Thousands of supporters of former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra braved a tropical downpour and tight security Saturday to protest on the third anniversary of the 2006 coup that ... Read more...
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Security tight as Bangkok prepares for protests against 2006 coup
September 19th, 2009 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Sep 19 (DPA) A 6,500-man combined force of police and soldiers equipped with riot gear were on standby Saturday in Bangkok's government district to keep the peace during a planned ... Read more...
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Kolkata’s historic National Library shifts to new building
September 14th, 2009 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The National Library in Kolkata, an institution of national importance, has shifted most of its collections from the heritage building, Belvedere, to the newly-constructed Bhasa Bhavan in ... Read more...
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Indian films galore at Toronto fest, NFDC film to participate
September 1st, 2009 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Joining the league of commercial Hindi films like "Road Movie", "Delhi-6", "What's Your Raashee?" and "Dil Bole Hadippa" being screened at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival ... Read more...
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1320kg lamington a contender for Guinness world record
July 21st, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 21 (ANI): A possible record-breaking 1320kg lamington is being given the finishing touches, to celebrate world National Lamington Day.The giant cake has been made by Ipswich locals, who hope ... Read more...
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Roofless Slumdog kids express desire to keep both the houses
May 30th, 2009 - 8:34 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, May 30(ANI): On being offered houses by Maharashtra government and the 'Jai Ho' trust, the child actors of Oscar winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire' have expressed their desire to keep both ... Read more...
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Zia not to be evicted while case is heard
May 4th, 2009 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 4 (IANS) Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia has got a reprieve from being evicted from her house after the government told a court that she would not have to ... Read more...
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